Curriculum Vitae

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Alexis Yushin

Chief Technology Officer · Founder · Agentic Systems & Internet-Scale Infrastructure

alexis@apexive.com|linkedin.com/in/alexisyushin|alexisyushin.com|Puerto Rico, United States

Profile

Deeply technical founder and engineering leader with 25+ years building internet-scale infrastructure and the teams that run it. Original developer of NSD, an authoritative DNS server used across the internet's core — including by root and top-level-domain operators — answering billions of queries with zero tolerance for downtime. Now building ANGEE, a sovereign, open-source agentic operating system that gives AI agents formal identity, permissions, memory and tools on infrastructure you own. Serial founder who takes mission-driven startups from MVP to scale, pairing frontier AI with the reliability discipline of safety-critical systems.

Selected Highlights

  • ▪Wrote NSD (Name Server Daemon) at NLnet Labs — foundational open-source DNS infrastructure running authoritative name service at internet scale, trusted by root and TLD operators worldwide.
  • ▪Building ANGEE — a sovereign agentic OS (Python/Django, React, GraphQL, MCP-native) where autonomous agents operate under relationship-based (ReBAC) permissions with auditable, human-in-the-loop control on owned infrastructure.
  • ▪Founded and leads Apexive — an AI consultancy and product studio taking mission-driven startups from MVP to scale, in record time.
  • ▪20+ years of C-suite technical leadership (CTO / CEO / VP Technology) across software and infrastructure ventures spanning three decades.
  • ▪Parallel career as a commercial airline captain — operating safety-critical systems (A320 / Gulfstream-V) where reliability is non-negotiable, a discipline carried directly into how he builds software.

Core Skills & Technology

Agentic AI & LLMs

LLM application architectureModel Context Protocol (MCP)Autonomous agent designAgent identity & permissions (ReBAC / Zanzibar-style)

Platforms & Languages

PythonDjangoCGraphQLReactTypeScriptFlutter

Infrastructure

DNS & networkingKubernetesDockerDistributed systemsHigh-availability architecture at scale

Leadership

Technical strategy0→1 product deliveryScaling teams & systemsExecutive & investor communication

Experience

Founder & CEO — Angee

Nov 2025 – Present

United States

  • ▪Building ANGEE — a sovereign agentic operating system: the open-source building blocks for agentic applications, giving agents identity, permissions, memory and tools on infrastructure you own.
  • ▪MCP-native architecture with self-building scaffolding (Django / React) and relationship-based access control for permissioned, auditable autonomy.

Founder, CEO & CTO — Apexive

Jan 2018 – Present

Puerto Rico

  • ▪AI consultancy and software product studio helping mission-driven startups convert ideas into scalable products — built on quality and speed.
  • ▪Leads technical architecture and delivery across diverse stacks; builds and mentors high-performing engineering teams.

Founder & CEO — White Willow B.V.

2003 – Present

Netherlands

  • ▪Internet consultancy and software development.

Chief Technology Officer — GetEase

2022 – 2024

Amsterdam

  • ▪Owned technology strategy and engineering delivery for a consumer-facing product company.

Chief Executive Officer — AAHI

2019 – 2021

Prague, Czech Republic

VP Technology — Blinck International B.V.

2005 – 2008

Netherlands

  • ▪Owned IT strategy, infrastructure and architecture end-to-end: strategic planning, staffing, architectural approvals, operations oversight, and executive liaison.

Software Developer — NLnet Labs

2001 – 2003

Netherlands

  • ▪Original developer of NSD, a high-performance authoritative DNS name server now embedded in the internet’s critical infrastructure.

Earlier infrastructure roles — X punt X · UUnet · NLnet

1997 – 2001

Netherlands

  • ▪Technical Project Lead, X punt X · Internet Developer, UUnet · Network Developer, NLnet.

Speaking

Implementation Strategies for API-Driven Design — Stage 1, WeAreDevelopers World Congress, Berlin.

Aviation (Parallel Career)

Airline Captain (A320) and business-jet Captain (Gulfstream-V) across SAS Connect, Turkish Airlines, Luxaviation and Wizz Air (2008–2019) — command of safety-critical operations where precision, checklists and calm under pressure are the job.

Education

MSc, Computer Science & Management

Taurida ‘V. I. Vernadskiy’ National University, Simferopol

1995 – 1999

Languages

English (native / bilingual) · Dutch (full professional)

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